Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • HEALTH: What’s new with flu and what to do about it

       Flu season is fast approaching, and now – not when everyone around you is already coughing and sneezing – is time to for the annual flu vaccine.    This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that anyone over the age of six months be vaccinated against the flu virus. The vaccine protects…

  • PRINCETON: Uglydoll creator proves attractive to fans

    By Miriam Geronimus, Special to the Packet    On Saturday morning Logan Sheldon, 6, woke up at 5 a.m. He didn’t have school or a soccer game to go to. He and his sister Tierney Sheldon, 3, and parents Rob and Paula Sheldon had a four-and-a-half-hour journey to Princeton from their home in Mechanicsville, Md.    They…

  • PRINCETON: YMCA to present Centennial Awards

       The Princeton Family YMCA’s Centennial Awards will honor individuals who exhibit outstanding commitment and leadership to improving the region’s health and well-being, and who consistently demonstrate the YMCA’s four core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility in their daily lives.    This year, the event will be held at the Greenacres Country Club in Lawrenceville…

  • WEST WINDSOR: New assistant superintendent hired

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District will start before Nov. 28.    Martin Smith was hired from the Edison School District where he has been the supervisor of World Languages, English as a second language (ESL) and bilingual education…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Diwali celebrated at library

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, was celebrated 10 days early with a festival of dance and music in West Windsor on Sunday evening.    More than 400 people packed in to the library to witness the extravaganza of dances that ranged from traditional Bharat Natyam, a 1,000-year-old…

  • Princeton Prof. West arrested at D.C. protest

    Charges dropped after night in jail By staff reports    Charges against Princeton University Professor Cornel West were dropped on Monday afternoon after he was arrested on Sunday and spent the night in jail for protesting on the steps of the Supreme Court.    Dr. West was arrested about 4 p.m. with 19 others after speaking earlier…

  • WEST WINDSOR: School officials: Odor problem resolved

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Administrators are saying that a situation where students and teachers were getting sick at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South from a roof repair project has been resolved.    ”There were some concerns raised by three parents and a few staff members based on a certain noise and smell,”…

  • PRINCETON: Democrats ‘meet’ the candidates

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Members of the public had a chance to meet all of the Democratic candidates on the ticket for the Nov. 8 election at the Princeton Community Democratic Organization’s “Meet the Candidates Night” on Sunday.    Candidates from the newly drawn 16th District introduced themselves and summed up who they are and…

  • PRINCETON: Beaver killing case adjourned due to a conflict

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Princeton Animal Control Officer Mark Johnson didn’t get his day in court this week.    The case against him for shooting two beavers in a public park earlier this year was adjourned from Lawrence Township Court because of a conflict with their prosecutor.    This is not the first time the case…